Since PHP 7.1 we have proper destructuring for lists. Thereby you can do things like this:

$test = [1, 2, 3, 4];
[$a, $b, $c, $d] = $test;
echo($a);
> 1
echo($d);
> 4

In a function this would look like this:

function multiple_return() {
    return ['this', 'is', 'a', 'test'];
}

[$first, $second, $third, $fourth] = multiple_return();
echo($first);
> this
echo($fourth);
> test

Destructuring is a very powerful tool. It's capable of destructuring key=>value pairs as well:

["a" => $a, "b" => $b, "c" => $c] = ["a" => 1, "b" => 2, "c" => 3];

Take a look at the new feature page for PHP 7.1:

New features

For PHP 7.1.0 onwards, you can use the new syntax (instead of the list function):

/**
* @return  array  [foo, bar]
*/
function getFooAndBar(): array {
    return ['foo', 'bar'];
}

[$foo, $bar] = getFooAndBar();

print 'Hello '. $foo . ' and ' . $bar;

It's OK for me if you want to return 2-3 variables, otherwise you should use an object with the desired properties.

The answer that's given the green tick above is actually incorrect. You can return multiple values in PHP, if you return an array. See the following code for an example:

<?php

function small_numbers()
{
    return array (0, 1, 2);
}

list ($zero, $one, $two) = small_numbers();

This code is actually copied from the following page on PHP's website: http://php.net/manual/en/functions.returning-values.php I've also used the same sort of code many times myself, so can confirm that it's good and that it works.

PHP 7.1 Update

Return an array.

function test($testvar)
{
  // Do something
  return [$var1, $var2];
}

then use that like below:

[$value1, $value2] = test($testvar);

<?php
function foo(){
  $you = 5;
  $me = 10;
  return $you;
  return $me;
}

echo foo();
//output is just 5 alone so we cant get second one it only retuns first one so better go with array


function goo(){
  $you = 5;
  $me = 10;
  return $you_and_me =  array($you,$me);
}

var_dump(goo()); // var_dump result is array(2) { [0]=> int(5) [1]=> int(10) } i think thats fine enough

?>

$var1 = 0;
$var2 = 0;

function test($testvar, &$var1 , &$var2)
{
  $var1 = 1;
  $var2 = 2;
  return;
}
test("", $var1, $var2);

// var1 = 1, var2 = 2 

It's not a good way, but I think we can set two variables in a function at the same time.

This is the easiest way to do it:

public function selectAllUsersByRole($userRole, $selector) {

    $this->userRole = $userLevel;
    $this->selector = $selector;

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE role <= ? AND del_stat = 0";
    $stm = $this->connect()->prepare($sql); // Connect function in Dbh connect to database file
    $stm->execute([$this->userRole]); // This is PHP 7. Use array($this->userRole) for PHP 5

    $usersIdArray = array();
    $usersFNameArray = array();
    $usersLNameArray = array();

    if($stm->rowCount()) {
        while($row = $stm->fetch()) {

            array_push($usersIdArray,    $row['id']);
            array_push($usersFNameArray, $row['f_name']);
            array_push($usersLNameArray, $row['l_name']);

            // You can return only $row['id'] or f_name or ...
            // I used the array because it's most used.
        }
    }
    if($this->selector == 1) {
        return $usersIdArray;
    }elseif($this->selector == 2) {
        return $usersFNameArray;
    }elseif($this->selector == 3) {
        return $usersLNameArray;
    }

}

How can we call this function?

$idData = $selectAllUsers->selectAllUsersByLevel($userRole, 0);
print_r($idData);
$idFName = $selectAllUsers->selectAllUsersByLevel($userRole, 1);
print_r($idFname);

That's it. Very easy.